S-10 spindles

GregP · June 22, 2001

Im looking for candidate spindles for a pro-street Corvette project. S-10 2WD spindles are available dropped from several manufactures, so thought I'd consider an S-10 donor.

Q: Is the S-10 front steer (tie rod ahead of axle)

Q: Can anyone give me an approx. measurement of the distance from the center of the lower ball joint to the axle centerline, and from lower ball joint to upper ball joint?

Thanks - Greg

Z16 · July 25, 2001

Front steer, but I can't get under the truck to measure. I'll see if we have any kicking around the shop

GregP · August 1, 2001

A neighbor down the street has an S-10 company truck, have to see if I cen get a tape measure on it some evening.

Thanks - Greg

GregP · September 7, 2001

Can anyone tell me if the hubs are integral to the disk rotor assemblies, or separate parts? I'm about ready to order some drop spindles but need to know if I'll need some salvage yard hubs, or just order some new disk assemblies.

Thanks - Greg

Z16 · September 7, 2001

The hubs are part of the rotor

GregP · September 8, 2001

Thanks. Last question (I promise ). Do they take standard GM calipers or the gm "metric" ones? I can get either in aluminum, so would like to go with those instead of stock iron units.

-Greg

Z16 · September 9, 2001

Believe they are the standard ones. Same ones as Malibu, Monte, Regal,etc.

GregP · September 10, 2001

Yes, a little more sluthing (and some blatent luck) and I discovered that the S-10 spindles are the same as (or at least interchange with) the 80-87 "metric" Malibu, Monte Carlo spindles. I've got a pair of Bel Tech dropped spindles on order, should know how they are going to work out shortly.

Thanks for all the replys - Greg